Rise of Keitus by Andrea Pearson

Author:Andrea Pearson [Pearson, Andrea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, MG Fantasy
ISBN: 9781484829240
Google: nXdQnQEACAAJ
Amazon: B00BI4CVYU
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven: Dungeon Visits

Jacob took Akeno to visit Onyev one last time—they’d be taking a break while Jacob learned more about Troosinal and Akeno focused on preparing his part of the task in destroying Molg tunnels.

As it turned out, Onyev needed time to travel, so it worked well. He promised to think about the problem with the bugs and see if he could come up with a cure. Perhaps Akeno wasn’t powerful enough just yet or the Lorkon had given the bugs extra energy, but nothing Akeno had done so far reversed the issue with the flying earwigs.

Mom called Mr. Coolidge and arranged for a pause in Jacob’s studies. Jacob was grateful for that—he was still studying with Azuriah, on top of preparing for his trip to Troosinal and watching the Lorkon, and the extra few hours a week would be beneficial.

Jacob started hanging out with Dad at work. In between work projects, Dad gave Jacob new things to figure out and understand when it came to the mannerisms of the people who lived in Troosinal, then he’d quiz Jacob. It took a few days of this until Dad felt Jacob was ready to go there in person.

Dad leaned forward, resting his elbows on his desk. “Your next task will be to Travel to Troosinal—in the past—and find a place where you, Matt, and Aloren can stay.”

Jacob’s first trip to Troosinal—actually Traveling to the city, not just Time-Seeing—was scary. Dad had him memorize several different maps, each detailing a different area of the place, and he’d even made Jacob promise to keep one with him all the time. But none of that completely prepared Jacob for his experience.

And it was just his luck to end up in one of the worst, dirtiest parts of the city.

The abandoned building he Traveled to stank like sewage and vomit. The windows were boarded over and the smell was so strong, Jacob felt like he was about to lose his lunch. He couldn’t see anything and tripped over several soft, mushy things of varying sizes on the floor. He didn’t want to know what they were.

Finally, he found his way to an external door. A woman was outside, crouched in a pile of garbage.

“Ya wanna spend some time with me?” she asked, grabbing his ankle.

He jerked away from her, backing against the opposite wall. Rather than reply, he took off at a run, heading in what he hoped was the right direction. He couldn’t believe what she’d just asked him. Wow. So gross.

He wandered for a full twenty minutes before discovering he was in an area of Troosinal called Dog. Each section of the city was named after an animal. The place where Dad said they’d be able to stay without raising suspicion was named Cow. Jacob paused on a busy street corner in an area that bordered Dog and Chicken and studied his map, trying to find the easiest, fastest way to Cow. He felt silly, thinking about a city in these terms, but they didn’t have north and south directions, or even street names in most cases.

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